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ALAN SUGAR from Market Trader to Business Magnate DELIA SMITH 50 YEARS OF COOKING WINTER GARDENING Jobs for the garden this winter LORRAINE KELLY Celebrating 35 years on the interview sofa FREE Lord Photo credit: ITV/Shutterstock ALAN SUGAR From market trader to business magnate Vision Rayleigh | Edition 7 ViSIOn Rayleigh edition7 | to advertise call 01268 955027 V1 Kütchenhaus supply quality, German engineered UP Why choose Kutchenhaus? As the kitchens from Nobilia, one of the leading TO 3 years largest retailer of quality German manufacturers of fitted kitchens in Europe. 40% These kitchens are manufactured in Germany and then delivered rigid, pre‑built to you – at direct Interest OFF engineered kitchens in the UK, we BUY NOW furniture from factory prices. 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Terms and Conditions apply. • Kitchens designed and built to order V2 ViSIOn Rayleigh edition7 | to advertise call 01268 955027 • Free in showroom design consultationViSIOn Rayleigh edition7 | to advertise call 01268 955027 V3 • Trade enquiries welcome View your dream kitchen in the luxurious surroundings of our kitchen showrooms in Farnborough, London or Brentwood. Farnborough > 70 Kingsmead, The Meads Shopping Centre, Farnborough GU14 7SL > 01252 239051 Tottenham Court Road > 196-199 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7PJ > 0203 150 2301 Finchley Road > 255 Finchley Road, O2 Centre, London, NW3 6LU > 0203 150 1201 Brentwood > Unit 6, The Baytree Centre, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 4BX > 01277 204447 [email protected] Kutchenhaus Limited, Unit 705 Kings Park, Severnside Trading Estate, Textilose Road, Trafford Park, Manchester Greater Manchester, M17 1WA, UNITED KINGDOM 05012625 acts as a credit broker and not the lender. Kutchenhaus Limited only offers financial products from Barclays Partner Finance. Barclays Partner Finance acts as the lender. Barclays Partner Finance is a trading name of Clydesdale Financial Services Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC. Clydesdale Financial Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Financial Services Register number 311753) Registered in England. Registered No 2901725. Registered office: 1 Churchill Place, London. E14 5HP. Credit is subject to application and status. KutchenHausS41.indd 1 15/02/2018 11:31 V November 2019 CONTENTS Editor’s 6 LORRAINE KELLY 8 BGT: THE CHAMPIONS notes... 10 HOME & DIY Hello and welcome to 19 LOCAL NEWS this month’s edition of 28 LORD ALAN SUGAR VISIONRayleigh. My father often says to 31 HISTORY me and anyone in earshot 33 GARDENING that “The company you 37 BEAUTY keep matters”. His take on things is that if 39 TRAVEL Nik Allen, Editor you hang around with positive, can-do attitude type people, 40 HEALTH & FITNESS that can only have a good influence on you. The 44 FOOD & DRINK opposite is also true, and I recently experienced a 45 WHAT’S ON little of this. We are launching another VISION title in Leigh- 46 KIDS on-Sea, and as part of my sales push, I visited 49 BUSINESS & FINANCE stores and businesses in the area. I met a business owner and explained that I was launching a magazine 51 PUZZLES in the town. I had hardly got the words out of my 52 MOTORING mouth when he responded: “No mate, you don’t want to do that. Those magazines never work.” 53 SPORT I was a little taken aback, but not as much as he was when I told him that VISIONLeigh-on-Sea 54 THE VISION LISTINGS was our eighth edition in Essex, and we have more in the pipeline owing to the magazines’ success. It was all very polite, and in fairness to him, he took my words on board. But imagine if I was new to the publishing world and was selling space in my CONTACT US first magazine and I listened to him? I would have www.visionmagessex.com probably killed the idea due to the doom-mongering. [email protected] | 01268 955027 How many dreams or goals get quashed by people @visionmagessex @visionmagessex offering up their opinions rather than experience- based facts? So, the moral for this month folks, is if Vision Magazine Essex you want to achieve something positive it’s best to FOUNDER | Nik Allen CREATIVE DIRECTOR | Misha Mistry avoid those who are negative. Thanks for reading, CO-ORDINATORS | Rebecka Fryer, Amy Pollard CONTRIBUTORS | Tabatha Fabray, Dean Shaw Nik 12. HYSTERIA, 14. IMAGINE, 16. FORCES, 18. IDOLS, 19. OBOE OBOE 19. IDOLS, 18. FORCES, 16. IMAGINE, 14. HYSTERIA, 12. 1. OBSESSES, 2. CLIMB, 4. ORDAIN, 5. COUNTERPOINT, 6. METEORS, 7. NOEL, 8. SPICK AND SPAN, SPAN, AND SPICK 8. NOEL, 7. METEORS, 6. COUNTERPOINT, 5. ORDAIN, 4. CLIMB, 2. OBSESSES, 1. DOWN: 17. CARDIOLOGIST, 20. BLIMP, 21. CONTOUR, 22. EVENNESS, 23. CONTINENT CONTINENT 23. EVENNESS, 22. CONTOUR, 21. BLIMP, 20. CARDIOLOGIST, 17. 1. ONCE, 3. COACHMAN, 9. SHIPPED, 10. UNTIE, 11. SUBSCRIPTION, 13. ELIJAH, 15. DRESSY, DRESSY, 15. ELIJAH, 13. SUBSCRIPTION, 11. UNTIE, 10. SHIPPED, 9. COACHMAN, 3. ONCE, 1. ACROSS: V4 ViSIOn Rayleigh edition7 | to advertise call 01268 955027 ViSIOn Rayleigh edition7 | to advertise call 01268 955027 V5 A LIFE IN THE LENS – LOOKING AT THE IMPACT LORRAINE KELLY HAS HAD ON OUR MORNING ROUTINES orraine Kelly is a doyenne of the terrestrial TV morning schedule – a homely, kind, softly spoken presenter whose ability to mix everyday life with A-list red carpet celebrity excess L has made her one of our most cherished broadcasters. At the end of November, the Scottish presenter turns 60. She has dedicated more than half of her life to the interview sofa, in the process achieving the quite unique feat of never seeing her popularity wane, despite the wildly changing fortunes of the shows she has been a part of, from TV-AM, GMTV, ITV Breakfast and Daybreak, not to mention revisions to her own lifestyle and entertainment show Lorraine. Since joining the first of those ITV breakfast show incarnations in 1984, the Glasgow-born journalist has been a stalwart, effortlessly combining heavy news, serious topics and controversy- laden stories with light entertainment’s feel-good factor. From covering the Lockerbie bombing in 1989 to guest-hosting BBC2 comedy-quiz series Never Mind the Buzzcocks, to providing voiceovers and narration on CBeebies programme Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, Lorraine’s appetite for variety is only ever at odds with her constant chipper, chirpy, uplifting tone that effervesces warmth and friendliness. ‘Emotional, funny, entertaining and Shine with a heart of gold’ Lorraine was the recipient of an OBE in 2012, and a year later fellow weekday morning magnate Piers Morgan made Lorraine the subject of one of his Life Stories. Emotional, funny, entertaining and with a heart of gold, she wept at recalling the images of Dunblane, a massacre that occurred just 35 miles from where she grew up. AND AND And yet Lorraine, like Piers, has always been able to mix tragedy with optimism in almost Shakespearean flits between heartache and happiness – from the most exposed portrayals and gravest of real-life stories to, in complete contrast, Lorraine’s own “exposure”, made public by a temeritous Piers who embarrassed the Scot when he displayed a picture of her naked on a sunbed from a newspaper cutting, before presenting it to her in a frame. Morgan’s comment that the host’s secret to her seemingly ageless demeanour is that she is “such a great laugh both on and off-camera” is the truest ode. Her instantly-recognisable giggle has kept her liked and adored by the British public. Combining this with a sense of style that is brave, bold, free from convention and with the specific intention of making the wearer feel satisfied, she flies a flag for anyone putting themselves first. “It’s true, sometimes I do find myself wearing clothes an 18- or 19-year-old might have in their wardrobe,” she has said. “In the past I would have thought twice, but I think as the years go on you realise how important it is to dress in a way that makes you feel happy.” Weight loss has also been another topic close to the TV personality. Brutally honest about her appearance, she recently revealed that she’d been able to lose almost a stone in weight in just over six weeks thanks to cutting out carbs. It is perhaps the one thing we will allow the “Queen of Daytime TV” to limit. The rest – the friendly smile, the sense of community and the ability to make every viewer feel like they are in the room with her – we will keep… thank you, Lorraine.
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